Some have questioned whether the suit was a part of that. The person pictured with Hice in the second photo couldn't verify Hice's version of events and was subsequently not placed on the witness list, court documents say.ĭuring Donald Trump's administration, Lemon often became a target of Trump's attacks, resulting in racist and homophobic harassment by the former president's supporters. Furthermore, text messages from two additional witnesses contained photos of Hice posing for a picture holding a lemon in front of his crotch while standing in front of Lemon's home as well as him and a another person lying on the ground in the anchor's driveway with their legs in the air. Mediaite reported that a now-deleted Instagram account that appears to have belonged to Hice contained at least one post that included the #Trump hashtag and referred to CNN as 'the home of fake news.' The post appears to have been made during a tour of the network's world headquarters at CNN Center in Atlanta.Īdditionally, a source close to Lemon told the outlet that Hice demanded $1.5 million in exchange for not filing suit against him, which Lemon rejected out of hand, claiming that he did nothing wrong.Ī court filing reveals that a friend who was with Hice the night of the alleged attack said in a deposition that he wasn't sure Lemon actually made contact with Hice.

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